Choosing which files and folders to display (Filtering)

When you apply filters, you do not add or remove files, you simply set which files will be visible or invisible in Deva xFTP.

To choose which files to display

  1. From the menu, select View > Filter.

  2. Select the Enable Filtering check box.

  3. Select the Filter Mask tab.

  4. Enter the names of files you want to display, or use wildcard masks to include a group of files.

  5. Select Add.

  6. Select the Filter NOT Mask tab.

  7. Enter the names of files you want to hide, or use wildcard masks to exclude a group of files.

  8. Select OK.

To choose which folders to display

  1. From the menu, select View > Filter.

  2. Select Enable Filtering.

  3. Select Apply filtering to folder name(s).

  4. Select the Filter Mask tab.

  5. Enter the names of files and folders you want to display, or use wildcard masks to include groups of files and folders.

  6. Select Add.

  7. Select the Filter NOT Mask tab.

  8. Enter the names of files and folders you want to Hide, or use wildcard masks to exclude groups of files and folders.

  9. Select OK.

To use filters with transfers

  1. From the menu, select View > Filter.

  2. Select Enable Filtering.

  3. Select Apply to file transfers.

  4. Set your filters in the Filter Mask tab and Filter NOT Mask tab.

  5. Select OK.

To make filters case sensitive

  1. From the menu, select View > Filter.

  2. Select Enable Filtering.

  3. Select Case sensitive filtering.

  4. Set your filters.

  5. Select OK.

To use server filters

  1. From the menu, select View > Filter.

  2. Select Enable Filtering.

  3. Select Enable server side filtering.

  4. Select OK.